https://www.greenprophet.com/2020/12/saudi-women-take-to-the-skies
Posted on 11/16/2025 12:08:46 PM PST by SmokingJoe
Saudi Arabia is undergoing a historic transformation — shifting its power base from oil to artificial intelligence. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is investing billions to turn the kingdom into a global AI hub, building vast data centers, launching tech firms like Humain, and partnering with U.S. giants such as Nvidia and Amazon. Through megaprojects like NEOM and a national AI strategy, Saudi Arabia aims to become the world’s third-largest AI power, redefining its identity from energy exporter to digital innovator. As oil pipelines give way to data networks, the kingdom’s next empire may rise not underground, but in the cloud. Watch the video to know more.
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Overview of AI in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is aggressively positioning itself as a global AI leader, transitioning from an oil-dependent economy to a tech powerhouse under Vision 2030. With massive investments exceeding $100 billion, the Kingdom is building sovereign AI infrastructure, fostering talent, and driving sector-wide adoption. By November 2025, AI is deeply integrated into government strategies, with 81% of Saudi companies deploying tailored AI solutions. This surge is fueled by the launch of HUMAIN, a state-backed AI giant, and partnerships with U.S. tech firms, aiming to make Saudi Arabia the world’s third-largest AI infrastructure provider behind the U.S. and China.
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Somehow this reminds me of tutoring students in the computer lab about 40 years ago. On of them was in his 50s working at that time in a lucrative profession as a plumber. He had plenty of work and money, but he was convinced that working as a computer technician was a field of the future and being a plumber was a field of the past.
He had no idea about any computer related subject. This would not have mattered except that he had very low aptitude for this subject. He was apparently able to screw or glue pipes and fixtures together well following a plan given to him by his employers and was well compensated for this but he was afraid this was a dead-end profession.
I have worked with plenty of Saudi people who were pretty bright and probably many can be taught to be good programmers or work with AI. But what innovative ideas have come from Saudi Arabia and do the people who come from there even understand what the potential of AI actually is?
I enjoy working with AI models and have a rudimentary knowledge of how to accomplish some “useful” tasks with them. And the “home lab” that I have set up. But the Saudis are just falling for the hype as everyone tends to.
The Saudis are quickly leaving their fundamentalism behind with the new Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
It reminds me of the way China left communism behind and adopted capitalism after the death of Mao and the coming to power of Deng Xiaoping.
I think they’ll do quite well. They could even join forces with Israel against more fundamentalist Iran.
“But what innovative ideas have come from Saudi Arabia and do the people who come from there even understand what the potential of AI actually is?”
The Saudis I met over the years understood their limitations well.
That is part of what made them intelligent business people.
They will follow rather than lead—scale up concepts that are well grounded.
https://www.greenprophet.com/2020/12/saudi-women-take-to-the-skies
Every time I fill my tank I feel like I am doing my part to make Muslim sand people wealthy beyond imagination. MAGA was supposed to start making America energy wealthy and independent.
Wouldn’t mind a bit of that.
Oh wait, I’m too old for hot young babes.
Chuckle.
My neighbors two doors down moved here from an oil rich Middle Eastern country. She is a lawyer and he has all sorts of very expensive toys. They are definitely more intelligent than many of the other foreigners that live in our community.
Maybe spending a boat load of money on AI is a good idea. Even though I am a hobbyist and have a better idea than many about AI’s capabilities... I really don’t know.
NEOM is the biggest boondoggle imaginable - a total waste of billions that cannot work and is unworkable
Saudi Arabia Just Cancelled Neom’s The Line - Inside the $8.8T Autopsy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOG4qCx0peA
AI and Saudi muslims, a poor combination.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a failure already with the collapse of his pet project: NOEM and The Line.
“Wouldn’t mind a bit of that.”
It’s makeup. At least they ain’t trans.
He got the last laugh.
Mao must be turning in his grave at what China has become.
Several years ago we went on vacation in China, and as we were looking at all the great sights of Shanghai and Beijing and Xian and how rich China had become in just a couple of decades, I asked Mary, our Chinese tour guide what Mao would think if he came back. She answered - “He wouldn’t like it one bit”. But she sure did!
Finally, some 7th century AI. It’s long overdue.
AI is neither artificial nor intelligent
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